The Bridge Leisure Centre, Lower Sydenham
Lewisham Council does not plan to reopen the Bridge Leisure Centre in Lower Sydenham once Covid-19 restrictions are eased. It comes after a warning from the mayor of Lewisham in October that the cost of making the centre Covid-secure might be too great for the council to justify. According to a report on leisure facilities going to mayor and cabinet next week (January 13), the Bridge was operating at a deficit of more than £400,000 for a long time before the pandemic. “Through the term of the Fusion Lifestyle leisure contract the site required an annual subsidy of nearly £600,000 per annum with significant investment required in the building’s infrastructure.